Premier League time spent leading or trailing during matches

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Average time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Total Lead durations (overall) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  36 38.3% 51.6% 10.1% Aston Villa  37 30% 48.6% 21.4% Bournemouth  36 29.3% 44.4% 26.3% Brentford  36 32.7% 46.7% 20.6% Brighton  36 30.1% 46.5% 23.5% Chelsea  37 37% 41.7% 21.4% Crystal Palace  36 21.5% 52.3% 26.2% Everton  36 21.8% 58.2% 20% Fulham  36 25.6% 50.3% 24.1% Ipswich Town  36 18.3% 41.7% 39.9% Leicester City  36 12.2% 37.5% 50.3% Liverpool  36 44.6% 40.7% 14.7% Manchester City  36 39.5% 39.2% 21.4% Manchester Utd  37 13.4% 52.3% 34.3% Newcastle Utd  36 38.1% 36.5% 25.3% Nottm Forest  36 36.1% 45.5% 18.4% Southampton  36 11.9% 40.7% 47.3% Tottenham  37 28.6% 36.4% 35% West Ham Utd  36 18.2% 45.5% 36.3% Wolverhampton  36 24.3% 40.7% 35% League average 27.6% 44.8% 27.6% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  18 47.8% 47.3% 4.9% Aston Villa  19 35.1% 49.1% 15.8% Bournemouth  18 33.9% 45.9% 20.2% Brentford  18 34.8% 49% 16.2% Brighton  18 25.2% 54.7% 20.1% Chelsea  19 44% 43.9% 12.2% Crystal Palace  18 16.3% 55.3% 28.4% Everton  18 27.2% 53.9% 18.9% Fulham  18 33.9% 49% 17.2% Ipswich Town  18 16% 41.3% 42.7% Leicester City  18 14.5% 36.4% 49.1% Liverpool  18 55.7% 33.5% 10.8% Manchester City  18 50.6% 31.2% 18.1% Manchester Utd  18 15.7% 49.8% 34.4% Newcastle Utd  18 47.4% 36.9% 15.7% Nottm Forest  18 38.3% 53.3% 8.4% Southampton  18 19.1% 39.8% 41.1% Tottenham  18 29.1% 36.5% 34.4% West Ham Utd  18 16.9% 49.9% 33.1% Wolverhampton  18 29.8% 39.9% 30.3% League average 31.6% 44.8% 23.6% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Arsenal  18 28.8% 56% 15.2% Aston Villa  18 24.6% 48% 27.3% Bournemouth  18 24.6% 42.9% 32.5% Brentford  18 30.7% 44.4% 24.9% Brighton  18 34.9% 38.2% 26.9% Chelsea  18 29.6% 39.3% 31% Crystal Palace  18 26.8% 49.2% 24% Everton  18 16.4% 62.5% 21.1% Fulham  18 17.3% 51.6% 31% Ipswich Town  18 20.7% 42.2% 37.2% Leicester City  18 9.9% 38.5% 51.5% Liverpool  18 33.6% 47.8% 18.6% Manchester City  18 28.3% 47.1% 24.6% Manchester Utd  19 11.1% 54.7% 34.2% Newcastle Utd  18 28.8% 36.2% 34.9% Nottm Forest  18 34% 37.7% 28.3% Southampton  18 4.8% 41.7% 53.5% Tottenham  19 28.1% 36.3% 35.6% West Ham Utd  18 19.5% 41% 39.4% Wolverhampton  18 18.8% 41.5% 39.7% League average 23.6% 44.8% 31.6%

Note: this table shows how long each team has spent leading, level in goals, or trailing during their matches. For this table, to allow for averaging duration values based on a total of 90 minutes per match, goals scored on the 45th minute and during added time of the first half are all considered to be scored on the 45th minute, and all goals scored on the 90th minute and during added time of the second half are considered scored on the 90th minute.

Example for a team (Team A) having played a total of 3 games:

Game 1: Team A vs Opponent B, final score 0-0 (minutes in the lead: 0, minutes played: 90)

Game 2: Team A vs Opponent C, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 88th minute (minutes in the lead: 2, minutes played: 90)

Game 3: Team A vs Opponent D, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 65th minute (minutes in the lead: 25, minutes played: 90)

The 3 games played by Team A would give the following values, regarding total minutes played and time spent in the lead:
  - Total minutes team A has been in the lead: 27
  - Total minutes played by team A: 270
  - Percentage of minutes that team A has been in the lead: 10%
  - Avg minutes per game that team A has spent leading (based on 90 min per game): 9 minutes

Some additional context information on the Lead Duration table and other related tables is provided in the Lead durations blog article.

See also:

Goal types